Exercises

The Progressive Form of the Present
1. I’m going to the store now.
2. The boy runs every day.
3. We’re baking a cake today.
4. You change money a lot.
5. They’re leaving the U.S. today.
6. He’s leaving the airport now.
7. I beg your pardon?
8. The teller gives me cash every time.
9. She’s leaving the Baggage Claim now.
10. We go to the hotel often.
11. Usually I change traveler’s checks at the bank.
12. The flight is arriving at the airport now.
13. Excuse me, I’m looking for my hotel.


Tense Formation (Past Progressive)
1. I was shopping at the mall.
2. I was visiting my aunt in San Francisco.
3. I was reading in the library.
4. I was buying a ticket.
5. I was touring the apartment.
6. I was preparing dinner.
7. I was calling my secretary.
8. I was watching television.
9. I was ordering our meals.
10. He was calling his wife.
11. I was talking to my daughter.
12. I was looking for the hotel.
13. I was standing in line at Customs.


Tense Formation (Future Progressive)
1. We will be buying groceries this afternoon.
2. I will be making an appointment for Thursday.
3. I will be going to the supermarket today.
4. He will be renting the apartment next door.
5. She will be visiting her aunt.
6. Mr. Young will be calling the attorney.
7. They will be getting in touch.
8. We will be watching television.
9. I will be reading the newspaper.
10. He will be preparing the meal.
11. She will be calling his secretary.
12. Alex will be eating lunch.
13. I will be waking up at 7:00.


Usage of the Perfect Progressive Tenses
1. I had been waiting for an hour when the doctor
arrived.
2. When he retires, he will have been working here
for fifty years.
3. They had been watching television for three
hours when I called.
4. She will have been sleeping eight hours when she
wakes up.
5. John has been calling me since yesterday, and I
still haven’t talked to him.
6. I had been on the road for two days when I
arrived in Washington.
7. When he arrives, he will have been travelling for
three days.
8. She has been wanting to check her oil for a week,
and she still hasn’t done it.
9. He has been reading that book for two weeks and
he still hasn’t finished it.
10. When they move out next week, they will have
been living in that apartment for two years.
11. I had been cleaning the house for an hour when
John called.
12. She had been washing clothes for an hour when
Sue came home.
13. I have been washing clothes all day and I’m still
not finished.